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have a computer. I was dying to write more so please enjoy. Rayn baby you
know I love you!! And Evanescence Vampire welcome to the crew of reviewers,
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"Pop, you do realize that we've been building a chopper for what we thought was a boy, don't you?"
"Yes Pauly, I realize that."
"So this means we're going to have to do the whole damn thing over."
"Why would it mean that?" Mikey asked.
"Because it's built for a boy Mike."
"Somehow I get the feeling she isn't going to care. Hell she's a better boy than some of us."
"Mikey has a point." Vinny said, "You should see the way she handled Pauly's viper yesterday."
Pauly shook his head, "Yeah she even had me nervous."
Paul shook his head, he was wondering how his goddaughter would handle the chopper since indeed it was built for a male, but he was more tickled by the fact that his boys were so in awe of this girl.
"Did she sit on it?" Paul asked.
"Yeah," Campo said from behind his mask where he was mounting the front fender. "She sat on it yesterday before she went riding with you guys. She fits on it just fine."
"Good, she should be fine then, let's hurry up and wrap up this bike, Mark will be here tomorrow sometime."
"Good, we don't see enough of him."
"Yeah, I know but those guys are so incredibly busy, like we should be so get to work."
The tools commenced clashing and clanging as they raced against the clock to finish their latest creation for their god sister.
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Mark packed a bag standing in front of Shane.
"So he went through the roof did he?"
"Did he?" Shane shook his head, "He couldn't believe that you were taking me and not him. That he deserved to see Beautiful just as much as you or I did."
Mark looked up at him, "He thinks that he has as much right as me? I think the boy has lost his mind."
Shane nodded, "I think you're right, but what do you want to do?"
"You still want to go with me don't you?"
"Hell yes."
"Then everything stays as planned, he can see darlin' when she gets back. You're her best friend and I'm her father, I think we have certain rights don't you?"
"Well of course we think that, but getting him to think it," Shane shrugged, "whole other cup of noodles."
Mark smiled, "You just let me deal with that. Paul says the chopper will be done by the time we get there and he tells me darlin' has a surprise for us."
"A surprise for us? What has she done?"
"No telling, let's just get up there and brace ourselves best as possible."
Shane shook his head, Beautiful was always doing something reckless and daring it was good to see she was coming out of her skin again. Just then his cell phone rang loudly.
"Hello."
"You'll never guess who's coming back to the WWE?"
"Who?"
"The mistress of Thuganomics."
"Oh no shit?"
"What?" Mark mouthed to him.
Shane mentioned him to wait while he got all the details. "Who told you this? When is she coming?"
"Well nothing is written in stone yet, but she called the girls about an hour ago, she's coming."
"Does John know yet?"
"John is the one that told me,"
"Well how does he know?"
"I'm going to take a stab in the dark and assume she called him. All I know is he is totally freaked out and he's begging people not to tell Ray."
"Well why not? I think if anyone has the right to know it's her."
"I feel the same way, if Kacey has her way she's telling, no ifs, ands or buts. Jeff is trying to talk her out of it, but nothing happening."
"Can't say I blame her. Why would John want to keep it from her?"
"If your ex was coming to work side by side with your current, would you tell her?"
Shane thought about what Matt was asking and truth be told if it was anyone but Ray the answer would definitely be no.
"I guess I can see where he's coming from but we all know how hard John fell for her, seeing her again may not be good."
"I know that, hell we all know that, well all of us but Ray of course."
Shane shook his head, this was going to be bad. "Look, Mark and I got to go get Ray from New York, someone try to talk some sense into that boy if you can."
"I'll try but I'm no miracle worker."
"See you guys in a few days."
"See ya."
Shane hung up his phone and looked up at Mark, now how was he going to talk the big man into not telling Ray, that was like mission impossible.
"What's going on Shane?"
"Secret is coming back to the WWE."
"What?! When?"
"They don't know yet, they haven't ironed out all the details."
"Well how do you know she's coming?"
"She called the girls and told them and something tells me she called John too."
"Okay, why do I feel like there's more going on here?"
"Good feeling, he is pleading with everyone not to tell Beautiful."
"Why in the hell not?"
"Same thing I said. No one seems to know. I think he still loves her and I think we all know how much Ray favors her."
"Yeah, I see traces of Secret in Ray but they aren't twins."
"That's the truth."
"What are you going to do?"
"Me? What do you mean what am I going to do?"
"You're her best friend."
"You're her father."
"And he's her boyfriend."
"Good point."
"I think we ought to let him tell her. Besides how much about Secret does Ray know?"
"To my knowledge, nothing."
"Okay well there should be no suspicions," Mark paused, "Wait, did John tell Secret he has a girlfriend?"
Shane raised a skeptical eyebrow, "That's a good question, but my Hurri- senses say no."
"So does my father senses. If my baby gets hurt in this I'm going to break someone's neck. Do realize that."
"Couldn't agree with you more."
"Come on." Mark said slinging his bag over his shoulder, "Let's go get my darlin'."
Mark and Shane fired up the pick up and headed north. Shane had to admit he had butterflies in his stomach. The image of Ray riding that shopper with that jet-black hair flowing behind her was more erotic than he thought. He was going to have to hold on and remember she was someone else's girl.
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"Ray move the tank about a half an inch higher." Vinny told her. "Good."
Ray liked working with the boys but she noticed that once they realized she was indeed a girl they seemed to be walking on eggshells about what they had her do, what they said around her, how they acted period. She wished she would've just kept it a secret.
"You know," she said as they were wiring the bike, "You guys don't have to be so careful with me. I'm not a girlie girl."
Vinnie looked over at Pauly who looked at Ray, "We're not being,"
"Save it, yes you are, you guys are acting like I'm some kind of porcelain doll, like if you guys sneeze wrong I'm going to crumble into a thousand pieces or something."
"Ray is right you guys." Mike said coming down with a box, "Here, carry this."
Ray smiled knowing how heavy it was, she could see him struggling with it, his arms were bulging with strain. She took it from him lifting it as if it were a feather.
"Where to Mikey?"
Mikey shook his head, "You make me feel bad."
"Oh come on here you big teddy bear." She said carrying the big box into the storage area.
"This girl is almost as if she isn't real." Vinnie said shaking his head.
"Yeah I know." Pauly said, "Hey Campo, asked her on a date yet?"
Campo shook his head, "Got cold feet I guess."
"Want me to talk to her?" Pauly asked.
Campo shook his head, "Nah."
"Liar." Vinnie said. "Do it Pauly."
Pauly nodded, "Okay."
"Maybe you guys can go get matching tattoos."
"You mean she's itching for another one?" Pauly asked dumbfounded.
"Like she has poison ivy."
"No way pop is letting her get another one." Vinnie and Campo both cocked an eyebrow. "You're right. Like anyone is going to stop her."
Vinnie shook his head, "I'll tell you, she's bad."
"Don't I know it."
"Know what?" Ray asked coming back into the shop.
Campo looked over at her, she had on a O.C.C. baby tee showing off her perfect abs and a pair of sweats, she didn't braid her hair today instead opting to wear a backwards cap.
"I know we better be finishing this bike soon, Ray, come here for a sec." Paul said from the shop door.
She skipped over to him, "What's up?"
"First off all," he smiled, "you have to stop wearing stuff like that, you're driving the boys crazy."
"Hey Paul no fair," Vinnie joked, "Can't we put it to a vote first?"
Ray and Paul laughed together. Paul shook his head and looked down at his beautiful god daughter, everyone in the shop who wasn't married had the hots for her.
"All in favor of me keeping the cute O.C.C. gear say I."
"I." The shop rang.
Ray shrugged, "The I's have it."
"Whatever, secondly, why don't you come with me to the gym?"
"Sure, would love to."
"Are you going in that?"
"Sure am," Ray looked down at herself, "Why? Is this bad?"
Paul ran his hand down his face, "This is going to be a long day."
Ray smiled, "Yeah, ain't it great?"
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John was having a fit in his hotel room. He couldn't believe that his ex was going to be back in the WWE. He thought he had said goodbye to her for good. Once and for all. He didn't want her back in the business, she was a threat to Ray. Not that she could take Ray or anything I meant emotionally, in terms of the way John still felt about Secret. Damn it. Just when things seemed to be going okay for he and Ray this happened.
And this business with Mark taking Shane up to see Ray and not him was crawling under his skin. He knew that Shane and Ray were closer than he and Ray would ever be but how were they ever going to bridge that gap if at every corner Mark is dragging Shane somewhere with Ray. It's bad enough she's been gone two whole weeks without so much as a peep but when you take her best friend over her boyfriend, damn it that just wasn't right.
"Who is it?" John screamed at the door.
"John it's Adam."
"Come in."
Adam walked through the door standing in front of the bed John was sprawled across.
"We need to talk."
"I don't feel like it. I'm not in the mood."
"Well you better get in the feel like it mood real quick, cuz I got a bone to pick with you."
John looked up at Adam, "What's up?"
"Just when were you going to tell everybody that Secret was coming back?"
"I just found out today myself,"
Adam nodded, "Okay, fair enough, just when were you going to tell us why she left to begin with."
"No one knows why she left Adam, least of all me."
"You expect me to believe that."
"I know the truth."
"Is that the truth?"
"Yeah, why you grilling me?"
"Are you going to tell Ray about Secret?"
"I see no reason too, do you?"
"Only that she's the mother of your child,"
John's eyes nearly rolled out of his head, "What?"
"You heard me."
"I think my ears deceive me."
"They don't. She left because she was pregnant. Can you think of anyone else who would be the father?"
John sat there dumbfounded, this was turning into a nightmare. "Adam are you sure?"
"I just talked with Trish and Secret seemed 100% sure to her."
"Damn Adam that girl left over a year ago, how old is the baby?"
"How the hell do I know? I just know you better get your shit together as it pertains to my niece."
"What do you mean?"
"You know damn well what I mean," Adam glared at him from the door, "you better tell her what's going on, it doesn't look to good coming from one of us."
"You wouldn't,"
"Dare me."
"Pop, you do realize that we've been building a chopper for what we thought was a boy, don't you?"
"Yes Pauly, I realize that."
"So this means we're going to have to do the whole damn thing over."
"Why would it mean that?" Mikey asked.
"Because it's built for a boy Mike."
"Somehow I get the feeling she isn't going to care. Hell she's a better boy than some of us."
"Mikey has a point." Vinny said, "You should see the way she handled Pauly's viper yesterday."
Pauly shook his head, "Yeah she even had me nervous."
Paul shook his head, he was wondering how his goddaughter would handle the chopper since indeed it was built for a male, but he was more tickled by the fact that his boys were so in awe of this girl.
"Did she sit on it?" Paul asked.
"Yeah," Campo said from behind his mask where he was mounting the front fender. "She sat on it yesterday before she went riding with you guys. She fits on it just fine."
"Good, she should be fine then, let's hurry up and wrap up this bike, Mark will be here tomorrow sometime."
"Good, we don't see enough of him."
"Yeah, I know but those guys are so incredibly busy, like we should be so get to work."
The tools commenced clashing and clanging as they raced against the clock to finish their latest creation for their god sister.
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Mark packed a bag standing in front of Shane.
"So he went through the roof did he?"
"Did he?" Shane shook his head, "He couldn't believe that you were taking me and not him. That he deserved to see Beautiful just as much as you or I did."
Mark looked up at him, "He thinks that he has as much right as me? I think the boy has lost his mind."
Shane nodded, "I think you're right, but what do you want to do?"
"You still want to go with me don't you?"
"Hell yes."
"Then everything stays as planned, he can see darlin' when she gets back. You're her best friend and I'm her father, I think we have certain rights don't you?"
"Well of course we think that, but getting him to think it," Shane shrugged, "whole other cup of noodles."
Mark smiled, "You just let me deal with that. Paul says the chopper will be done by the time we get there and he tells me darlin' has a surprise for us."
"A surprise for us? What has she done?"
"No telling, let's just get up there and brace ourselves best as possible."
Shane shook his head, Beautiful was always doing something reckless and daring it was good to see she was coming out of her skin again. Just then his cell phone rang loudly.
"Hello."
"You'll never guess who's coming back to the WWE?"
"Who?"
"The mistress of Thuganomics."
"Oh no shit?"
"What?" Mark mouthed to him.
Shane mentioned him to wait while he got all the details. "Who told you this? When is she coming?"
"Well nothing is written in stone yet, but she called the girls about an hour ago, she's coming."
"Does John know yet?"
"John is the one that told me,"
"Well how does he know?"
"I'm going to take a stab in the dark and assume she called him. All I know is he is totally freaked out and he's begging people not to tell Ray."
"Well why not? I think if anyone has the right to know it's her."
"I feel the same way, if Kacey has her way she's telling, no ifs, ands or buts. Jeff is trying to talk her out of it, but nothing happening."
"Can't say I blame her. Why would John want to keep it from her?"
"If your ex was coming to work side by side with your current, would you tell her?"
Shane thought about what Matt was asking and truth be told if it was anyone but Ray the answer would definitely be no.
"I guess I can see where he's coming from but we all know how hard John fell for her, seeing her again may not be good."
"I know that, hell we all know that, well all of us but Ray of course."
Shane shook his head, this was going to be bad. "Look, Mark and I got to go get Ray from New York, someone try to talk some sense into that boy if you can."
"I'll try but I'm no miracle worker."
"See you guys in a few days."
"See ya."
Shane hung up his phone and looked up at Mark, now how was he going to talk the big man into not telling Ray, that was like mission impossible.
"What's going on Shane?"
"Secret is coming back to the WWE."
"What?! When?"
"They don't know yet, they haven't ironed out all the details."
"Well how do you know she's coming?"
"She called the girls and told them and something tells me she called John too."
"Okay, why do I feel like there's more going on here?"
"Good feeling, he is pleading with everyone not to tell Beautiful."
"Why in the hell not?"
"Same thing I said. No one seems to know. I think he still loves her and I think we all know how much Ray favors her."
"Yeah, I see traces of Secret in Ray but they aren't twins."
"That's the truth."
"What are you going to do?"
"Me? What do you mean what am I going to do?"
"You're her best friend."
"You're her father."
"And he's her boyfriend."
"Good point."
"I think we ought to let him tell her. Besides how much about Secret does Ray know?"
"To my knowledge, nothing."
"Okay well there should be no suspicions," Mark paused, "Wait, did John tell Secret he has a girlfriend?"
Shane raised a skeptical eyebrow, "That's a good question, but my Hurri- senses say no."
"So does my father senses. If my baby gets hurt in this I'm going to break someone's neck. Do realize that."
"Couldn't agree with you more."
"Come on." Mark said slinging his bag over his shoulder, "Let's go get my darlin'."
Mark and Shane fired up the pick up and headed north. Shane had to admit he had butterflies in his stomach. The image of Ray riding that shopper with that jet-black hair flowing behind her was more erotic than he thought. He was going to have to hold on and remember she was someone else's girl.
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"Ray move the tank about a half an inch higher." Vinny told her. "Good."
Ray liked working with the boys but she noticed that once they realized she was indeed a girl they seemed to be walking on eggshells about what they had her do, what they said around her, how they acted period. She wished she would've just kept it a secret.
"You know," she said as they were wiring the bike, "You guys don't have to be so careful with me. I'm not a girlie girl."
Vinnie looked over at Pauly who looked at Ray, "We're not being,"
"Save it, yes you are, you guys are acting like I'm some kind of porcelain doll, like if you guys sneeze wrong I'm going to crumble into a thousand pieces or something."
"Ray is right you guys." Mike said coming down with a box, "Here, carry this."
Ray smiled knowing how heavy it was, she could see him struggling with it, his arms were bulging with strain. She took it from him lifting it as if it were a feather.
"Where to Mikey?"
Mikey shook his head, "You make me feel bad."
"Oh come on here you big teddy bear." She said carrying the big box into the storage area.
"This girl is almost as if she isn't real." Vinnie said shaking his head.
"Yeah I know." Pauly said, "Hey Campo, asked her on a date yet?"
Campo shook his head, "Got cold feet I guess."
"Want me to talk to her?" Pauly asked.
Campo shook his head, "Nah."
"Liar." Vinnie said. "Do it Pauly."
Pauly nodded, "Okay."
"Maybe you guys can go get matching tattoos."
"You mean she's itching for another one?" Pauly asked dumbfounded.
"Like she has poison ivy."
"No way pop is letting her get another one." Vinnie and Campo both cocked an eyebrow. "You're right. Like anyone is going to stop her."
Vinnie shook his head, "I'll tell you, she's bad."
"Don't I know it."
"Know what?" Ray asked coming back into the shop.
Campo looked over at her, she had on a O.C.C. baby tee showing off her perfect abs and a pair of sweats, she didn't braid her hair today instead opting to wear a backwards cap.
"I know we better be finishing this bike soon, Ray, come here for a sec." Paul said from the shop door.
She skipped over to him, "What's up?"
"First off all," he smiled, "you have to stop wearing stuff like that, you're driving the boys crazy."
"Hey Paul no fair," Vinnie joked, "Can't we put it to a vote first?"
Ray and Paul laughed together. Paul shook his head and looked down at his beautiful god daughter, everyone in the shop who wasn't married had the hots for her.
"All in favor of me keeping the cute O.C.C. gear say I."
"I." The shop rang.
Ray shrugged, "The I's have it."
"Whatever, secondly, why don't you come with me to the gym?"
"Sure, would love to."
"Are you going in that?"
"Sure am," Ray looked down at herself, "Why? Is this bad?"
Paul ran his hand down his face, "This is going to be a long day."
Ray smiled, "Yeah, ain't it great?"
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John was having a fit in his hotel room. He couldn't believe that his ex was going to be back in the WWE. He thought he had said goodbye to her for good. Once and for all. He didn't want her back in the business, she was a threat to Ray. Not that she could take Ray or anything I meant emotionally, in terms of the way John still felt about Secret. Damn it. Just when things seemed to be going okay for he and Ray this happened.
And this business with Mark taking Shane up to see Ray and not him was crawling under his skin. He knew that Shane and Ray were closer than he and Ray would ever be but how were they ever going to bridge that gap if at every corner Mark is dragging Shane somewhere with Ray. It's bad enough she's been gone two whole weeks without so much as a peep but when you take her best friend over her boyfriend, damn it that just wasn't right.
"Who is it?" John screamed at the door.
"John it's Adam."
"Come in."
Adam walked through the door standing in front of the bed John was sprawled across.
"We need to talk."
"I don't feel like it. I'm not in the mood."
"Well you better get in the feel like it mood real quick, cuz I got a bone to pick with you."
John looked up at Adam, "What's up?"
"Just when were you going to tell everybody that Secret was coming back?"
"I just found out today myself,"
Adam nodded, "Okay, fair enough, just when were you going to tell us why she left to begin with."
"No one knows why she left Adam, least of all me."
"You expect me to believe that."
"I know the truth."
"Is that the truth?"
"Yeah, why you grilling me?"
"Are you going to tell Ray about Secret?"
"I see no reason too, do you?"
"Only that she's the mother of your child,"
John's eyes nearly rolled out of his head, "What?"
"You heard me."
"I think my ears deceive me."
"They don't. She left because she was pregnant. Can you think of anyone else who would be the father?"
John sat there dumbfounded, this was turning into a nightmare. "Adam are you sure?"
"I just talked with Trish and Secret seemed 100% sure to her."
"Damn Adam that girl left over a year ago, how old is the baby?"
"How the hell do I know? I just know you better get your shit together as it pertains to my niece."
"What do you mean?"
"You know damn well what I mean," Adam glared at him from the door, "you better tell her what's going on, it doesn't look to good coming from one of us."
"You wouldn't,"
"Dare me."